point of exhaustion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpointandexhaustion
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point
adjective[before noun]
uk/pɔɪnt/us/pɔɪnt/
relating to when a ballet dancer dances on ...
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exhaustion
noun[U]
uk/ɪɡˈzɔːs.tʃən/us/ɪɡˈzɑː.tʃən/
the state of being ...
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(Definition ofpointandexhaustionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Endurance is defined as the capability of sustaining prolonged dynamic activity such as a 30minute walk; it does not here imply continuing to thepointofexhaustion.
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It is, therefore uneconomical to subject them to thepointofexhaustionand fatigue by excessive hard toil.
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Let me put it this way, that thepointofexhaustionvaries according as the live register increases or decreases.
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When a wild mammal is chased to thepointofexhaustionbefore being torn apart, is that really something on which we can compromise?
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We cannot bring ourselves to thepointofexhaustionin the search for a consensus.
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Thepointofexhaustionis never actually reached before a new levy is raised.
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I made inquiries and found that these girls are almost at thepointofexhaustion, largely owing to the intake of emergency maternity cases.
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The taxpayer may naturally regret that those stocks are now upon thepointofexhaustion.
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We have probably said it to thepointofexhaustion.
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My second paragraph refers to the known reserves of fossil fuels and hydrocarbons being finite, with a predictablepointofexhaustionin time.
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In hare hunting, packs of beagles are used to chase hares to thepointofexhaustion.
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That does not suggest to me that the hare was coursed to thepointofexhaustion.
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British industry is debilitated to thepointofexhaustion.
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Indeed, it will run to thepointofexhaustionto avoid the threat.
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However, on the narrowpointofexhaustion, does he think that a hare is any less exhausted as a result of being pursued in beagling activities?
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Is he aware that not only can very cruel methods be used to get rid of them, but that this encourages their destruction to thepointofexhaustion?
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With new revolutionary methods of coal-winning, mines which were thought to be at thepointofexhaustionlo or 20 years ago have had new hope given to them.
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On the figures we have been given the rate of drain is of such size as to enable us to see ahead for one year to thepointofexhaustion.
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Although they are not easy to watch because they are distressing, there have been videotapes showing the end of a hunt when the deer has reached thepointofexhaustion.
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Soon every superlative will have been exhausted, every cliché will have been expended and every feature and aspect will have been examined to thepointofexhaustion.
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